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calculating the value of a " cash " or a 

 "tael." There is scarcely a place in China 

 where the Mexican dollar is not current 

 either to be exchanged at the banks or to 

 purchase whatever may be needed. The 

 natives have a convenient system of bank- 

 ing, and in most any city or town the shooter 

 will find one or more native banks at which 

 he can exchange his silver or the bills of 

 any of the foreign banks doing business in 

 China, especially the bills on such well 

 known banks as the Hongkong and Shang- 

 hai Banking Corporation. 



